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What is CAV? Why do we need it for our diploma, TOR and other certificates? Do we need it for DFA Red Ribbon too? In this page, I have listed the requirements for Certification, Authentication and Verification (also known as CAV) for Deped, Ched and Tesda processing.

CAV is usually a requirement for Filipinos who are applying to work or study abroad. Usually TOR (Transcript of Records), diploma and certificates are requested for CAV. Thus the authorized government agencies for these are the:

Deped – if you need your documents and school records such as TOR and Diploma from your high school have CAV or Red Ribbon

CHED – if you need your documents from your college or graduate school to have certification, authentication and verification or pass thru Red Ribbon purposes

TESDA – if your training and technical course certificates need to have CAV

CAV Requirements and Fees

Original and Photocopies of your documents needed for CAV (TOR, Diploma, other certificates)

2X2 picture for CHED, TESDA or DepEd

Some money for gathering your documents from your school

DepEd charge no fees

CHED charge P40 (price may change after the date of this post)

How to get CAV Certificates for abroad purposes?

First, prepare the documents required and listed below.

For Bachelors Degree Graduates and Post-Graduate Degree

Endorsement from the school registrar

Certified true copy of TOR or Diploma

Certified true copy of Special Order

If Undergraduate:

You need the following if you are undergraduate or if you don’t have a college degree:

Endorsement from school registrar

Certification of Enrollment

TOR of earned units certified by the school registrar

For High school graduates:

Original and certified true copies of TOR and Diploma

Certificate of Graduation from the school principal and the division superintendent

Second step is go to the authorized government agency (CHED, DepEd or TESDA) and submit the listed requirements above. The regional offices of those agencies will serve your CAV applications.

Claim your Red Ribbon documents (a.k.a. authenticated documents) at the DFA if you are working or studying abroad. Claim your documents at the CHED Regional Office if you are on local purpose.

That’s all. You’re done. Easy right? By the way, for employment abroad purposes, you also have the option to receive your DFA authentication or Red Ribbon documents via DHL or courier. You will then have to pay delivery and other charges.

It’s a pleasure to share this useful info about CAV Certification Authentication and Verification as many Filipinos like OFWs, students and professionals are always needing CAV from DepEd, Ched and Tesda. Cheers!

Good morning again mam fehl just yesterday the deped puerto princesa gave us a letter certifying that my son graduated. But he has no so no. Pwede na ba po eto para mabigyan ng CAV ang anak ko please mam fehl we do really need your help for the future of my son. Thank you so much. More power and God bless!

Hi Mam, I just want to inquire and get other information regarding my sister’s school. Until now they are not releasing the diploma and TOR, she graduated only last March 2014. My sister is already here in UAE and needs authenticated CAV for she was already hired from a certain company. The school is telling that there were problems on CHED, because the Diploma and TORs were not yet signed. What can we do to fast track the processing of her documents. I hope you can help…

Yes, I know it’s ok if you choose to authenticate just TOR or Transcript of Records for Red Ribbon. Just request a copy from your sister’s university and have it gone through CHED so they can give you stub or reference number to be used in claiming the Red Ribbon TOR from the DFA. You can also just process the delivery at DHL if you don’t wanna go to DFA anymore.

May I ask something about the case of my nephew?
He finished grade 10 in the US and he is to enroll as a 4th yr student here in the Philippines.
He is being asked to present a red ribbon certificate or authentication for his school records in the US as according to the school its the new requirements of Dep Ed..
May I ask how and where to process the said requirements?

I think it’s the same process – you start to go to your nephew’s school registrar in the US and have his diploma or form 137 or form 138 (whatever they are using there) certified then go to the Department of Education and submit those for authentication for the Bureau of Consular Affairs of USA. Red Ribbon is just a term use here to refer to Authentication of documents. Just let your docs authenticated in the US Consular Affairs and you will be ok

@Raymond yes if that is the document they are requesting but companies and employers always ask diploma, TOR and related certificates when they are requesting your training certificates too

@Erika nope, you will pay at DFA for the REd Ribbon authentication or you can also pay DHL to process your Red Ribbon at the DFA for you. They will also deliver it to you once it is released. If you are far from DFA, using DHL is more convenient. You will understand the REd Ribbon process better if you read the related article I added

You may TRY to attach SPA or authorization letter signed by the requesting person from abroad for you to process his/her papers on his/her behalf. I’ve never experienced that but I think it’s OK especially if you are very close or related to the requesting person

First go to your school registrar (where you graduated) and have your TOR and diploma certified true copies, tell the registrar you will process them for Red Ribbon authentication. Then bring the documents issued by your school registrar at CHED, wait for your stub to claim the authenticated documents on the releasing date

Follow the authentication procedures mentioned in the article and process your UAE stamping thru DHL if you don’t know what to do. Anyway, you will just have to pay them for the delivery. It’s more convenient if you are far from Manila

Hello po! I graduated from HK. What po ang procedure to authenticate it ng CHED? I guess I need to have it done in HK. Does CHED have authentication for diplomas from abroad? Salamat po! I need it for OWWA membership.

In my opinion, since you graduated in Hong Kong, you need to go to the Department of Education or the Office authorized for your graduation and have your diploma certified and authenticated by them. Then let it finally authenticated by the HK (Department of Foreign Affairs) I don’t know what they call it there, since you live in HK, you already know that office

yup much better if you’ll chose the DHL route since you are far from Manila. To authenticate birth certificate and marriage certificate, you need the original NSO authenticated copies (with receipt much better) Happy New Year!

Red Ribbon docs have date of issued but without expiry date on them. However, embassies prefer fresh Red Ribbon so we always need to get new ones prior to the time of application and processing our visa or work permit

You may try first at your Division Office in Zambales who knows you can have the document you want from there. If you are giong to DepEd Region 3, it is located at the New Government Site, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. If you are in San Fernando Intersection, ride a jeep going to Angeles and stop at SACOP or Mother Theresa of Calcutta Hospital and ride a tricycle going to DepEd

Need help: I got the original and attested already, but it happen i lost it only i have a photo copy only and now it’s a required to attest here in Dubai Foreign Affairs and they will not accept a copy only. And now how get for original attest from foreign affairs manila.

No specific validity or expiration date although they have Date of Issue on the paper and embassies always like new Red Ribbon. If you are an applicant abroad, would you risk of submitting an old document? If you’re applying this 2013, would you submit a document dated 2012 or 2011? Just saying…

The papers like Red Ribbon documents have no specific expiration date although they have date of issuance on them and embassies and other offices prefer them fresh and newly released always when the need arise. Therefore, we always need new ones to go with the latest date of whatever we are applying for…

Just only need help..if there is agency here in kuwait that they could help to take red ribbon for my diploma (BSME)and how much the payments. And the requirents…and one more question im graduated at euloguio amang rodriguez institute of science and technology .. could I direct my diploma and transcript to dfa for red ribbon….tnx

Its okey maam ..i know u hve 2 much work.. my question was if there is any agencies in kuwait that could help me to process my diploma to tke red ribbon there in philipines dfa..bcoz my family there .. is to much far in manila.. and if i found somebody to proces my diploma 4 red ribbon wat is the requirements needed and important aside 4 diploma and autorization..and if I graduated at eulogio amang rodriguez institute of science and technology could I go ched b4 dfa or I go straigjt to dfa for red ribbon..tnx maam more power and God bless u always..

I don’t know any agencies processing and assisting Red Ribbon in Kuwait because I’ve never been there I don’t know anyone there right now. What I can suggest is ask any of your family member to get your CTC of diploma from your university registrar. Tell the registrar the purpose is to red ribbon because some schools like State Universities wont need the applicants to go to CHED anymore. If your school told him to go to CHED, then he will need to go to CHED, CHED then will give claim stub containing the release date of the red ribbon authentication. Don’t forget to give your authorization letter for the person acting on your behalf. God bless and hope my advice would help you

hello! just wanna ask something..because i am ex- abroad from kuwait, 2yrs ago i completed all my necessary document for authentication….i have all my red ribbon documents…it was expired already and i need a new one for my new application…do i need to do the same procedure what i did before? or can i use my documents already attached to my red ribbon and send it directly to the DFA for a new one. is it acceptable or i need to go back as a zero basis? hoping ang waiting for your response….
thank you….
have a nice day…

hello! ms fehl just wanna ask something..because i am ex- abroad from kuwait, 2yrs ago i completed all my necessary document for authentication….i have all my red ribbon documents…it was expired already and i need a new one for my new application…do i need to do the same procedure what i did before? or can i use my documents already attached to my red ribbon and send it directly to the DFA for a new one. is it acceptable or i need to go back as a zero basis? hoping and waiting for your response….
thank you….
have a nice day…

If your documents like NSO birth certificate, MC, NBI clearance then you can proceed to DFA> If they are licenses, you need to make sure they are valid (not expired). For TOR and Diploma, you need to get claim stub from CHED again. That’s what I know so far.

i have a question, is it necessary to have your diploma and TOR stamped by your previous university before have it red ribbon? i have my original diploma with me together with my photocopied TOR. can i give them to DHL courier direct to have it red ribbon? Thanks, God bless!

Hi Fehl,
It’s amazing that you know the answer to all these things. Thanks for helping a lot of people.
I am based in China. The company in Ireland where I am applying for a teaching position asked me to get the equivalent of my degree/qualification. Now, to be able to do that, I have to submit a few requirements among which were certified TOR and certified diploma. I have my original TOR and original diploma that I obtained in 2002.
All I need to do is to ask my university registrar and ask for a recent TOR and diploma and have them certified there, right? and no need to be authenticated or verified since I was only asked to give CERTIFIED documents?
I appreciate your help,
Leen

I think you won’t need a new diploma or TOR since you only need CTC for CHED to have them Red Ribbon. You can attach the original then with the Red Ribbon. Thank you for the kind words there. God bless you. Take care!

Gud day, I have a question about CAV as well. In my stub, it states there that I can already get my papers last feb 1 pa. Pero I still need time to process my other papers before going to manila. Now here are my questions:

1. How long do you think the DFA keeps your red ribbon docs?
2. Can I ask DHL to deliver it at my doorstep at this time?

Hi there! I know DFA keep them for 6 months and you need to claim them within that time frame. I’m not sure if they dispose them after that given time. I have read that from DFA website last year but I cannot find the exact link right now. Maybe they are currently updating their system. Since your releasing date has already passed, I don’t think DHL can deliver them to you anymore. You can just claim them at DFA. Don’t wait for 6 months though.

Since you will start at AMA, tell them you will CAV your docs, you will know then where to go either Ched or Tesda because they know where your school is under. I think it’s CHED since AMA is a university? Isn’t it?

It was from the Old DFA but now maybe they also allow the Red Ribbon from the Aseana office. I didn’t try it yet from Aseana. They are so near naman from the old DFA so you can just go there in case they also have the service there

hi maam fehl.. good day to you… i need ur help and advice about this i am applying abroad but they give me the requirments and my requirments is i need to go to the dep-ed to cav and red ribbon, my diploma, form 137 but i dnt have this because i am not finish my h.s. what should i do? pls.. help me and give me advice of this maam fehl.. hope to hear from u soon.. thanks! god bless u always…

My brother is requesting for CAV. But it is found out that the school neglected to endorse the records to DepEd long time ago. Now, the current registrar is requiring us to submit nso birth certificate before endorsing the records to DepEd and eventually request Special Order for CAV. Is the school right in requiring us nso birth certificate before endorsing the records to DepEd so as to get the Special Order? Is the school right? thank you.

Hello po. I’m not sure kung nadiscuss nyo na po ang sagot sa mga tanong ko sa blog nyo or dito sa thread na to pero if I may ask regarding how to claim my high school diploma. I graduated from higschool last 2004. Our diplomas were not given to us that time kc it’s being process pa daw po for the seal/stamp. I went back months after wala parin. From then hindi ko na po nabalikan. Now the school is already closed are there are rumors that it was not registered to Deped when we graduated. Where and How can I claim by diploma and if it it not registered, what are my option to get a proof that I finished highschool. I have plans of working abroad and I didn’t finish college. Your response on this will be highly appreciated

goog day maam,
may i ask some questions,im high school grad only, i lost my form 137 & only i have is the original copy of my diploma.Now my agency need CAV for my requirments.
*first, if its ok lng po ba diploma lng e present ko sa deped for CAV or they also need tlga ng form 137?if they need po tlga ng form 137 pd bko mkakuha noon her in manila deped main office?
*second, how long it takes maam for the proccessing of form 137?
*third, what would i do step by step to accomplish my CAV maam?

hi.. gud evening.. i saw this blog and is hoping for help and answers regarding red ribbon documents.. ive lost my red ribbon document recently.. should i repeat the whole process same as the beginning? i still have those copies of my red documents.. but the original is missing… or an affidavit will do? or should i go to dfa? pls help.. hoping for ur fast response… thank u!

Hi Fehl. Good morning! I took 1st year from one school and then transferred to another school which I was not able to finish. I have intentions of working abroad and I would like to know if I need to secure both TORs from both schools for the CAV? I took a different course when I transferred to another school, if that helps. Thanks and more power!

hi. ask ko lang po kasi we are here in Doha now and my son is currently in 5th grade (elementary) in one of the Filipino schools here. Required nila ipa authenticate school card niya and form 137 sa dfa sa pinas.. pano po ba process nun.same lang din ba sa authentication ng sa college TOR? and how long will it take? ano ang dadalhin sa dfa? thanks

Start at the registrar office of the school and have them certified and authenticated. The registrar will gladly tell you how to proceed. Some registrars can process the documents up to Red Ribbon in DFA and all you have to do is wait.

Yup embassies prefer fresh documents so I suggest use recent ones. You need to start where your school is based. That is where you start the CAV process. After mo naman sa CHED, DFA na non. Some schools also process the red ribbon on your behalf para minsanan na lang. Ask your school registrar if may service silang ganon.

y i need to go to ched ? i thought ched is for college graduate , but i need to certified only is my high school diploma , i am saying i already took my papers from my previous school and they make it certified true copy .. i am asking now if I can go straight to dfa to make it red ribbon

yes mam . already now they’re processing ..thankyou much . one more question mam please .. , is dfa can process also authenticate to UAE EMBASSY ? or we have some agency to process that .. please . thankyou .

,,gud day po mam.. ask lng po.. year 2010 nkakuha na ako ng mga college documents such as Diploma, ToR, and certification of graduation.. so my first endorsement is dated same year mentioned above at this year 2015 ko plan iforward sa CHED.. ok lang po ba yun or do i need to get new docs para updated? thank you po…

Some DFA accept Red Ribbon for NSO BC, NBI kahit hindi DFA Main. I think you need the receipt. For TOR, yes you still need to go through CHED before DFA. The link is in the article above at the last part. I will post another article soon about getting red ribbon (NSO BC etc.) directly to DFA

Hi!. Pede magtanong? Eto ngyare, the school registrar gave me CHED website to check yung claim stub control number. I am at a loss lang kung anu ang next step. Sapat na ba ung alam mo ung control number to claim the document? Do I just have to go sa DFA and tell them my control number?

I’d like to ask since it was stated in the second step that: “Go to the authorized government agency (CHED, DepEd or TESDA) and submit the listed requirements above. The regional offices of those agencies will serve your CAV applications.” I am currently working and my work is always out of town. In this case, if ever I have completed all the requirements needed to secure a CAV is it possible to request someone on my behalf, say for instance my mother to submit this to CHED? Will there be any more requirements for my mom to present aside from my documents to be able to forward this to CHED?
Thanking you in advance.

ask ko lng po mam napa red ribbon kuna po mga TOR with diploma ko since 2008 nung nag travel po ako papuntang dubai and now babalik po ako ulit sa dubai.Do i need to request again for a new red ribbon or i can used the old one.tnx..